- President of France (27 May 1974 to 21 May 1981).
- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- Was very good friends with former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
- Was a great supporter and advocate of the European Union.
- Honorary Citizen of Koblenz (22 October 2006).
- Member of the Académie Française since 2003.
- In 2005 he and his younger brother Olivier Giscard d'Estaing bought the castle of Estaing, a famous place in the French district of Aveyron and formerly a possession of the above-mentioned admiral d'Estaing who was beheaded in 1794. The castle was not used as a residence but it had symbolic value. The two brothers explained that the purchase, supported by the local municipality, was an act of patronage. However, a number of major newspapers in several countries questioned their motives and some hinted at self-appointed nobility and a usurped historical identity.
- In May 2020, Giscard was accused of groping a German journalist's buttocks during an interview in 2018. He denied the accusation.
- He traveled the world giving speeches on the European Union. During a visit to Ireland, d'Estaing was made an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin.
- A 2014 poll suggested that 64% of the French thought he had been a good president. He was considered to be an honest and competent politician, but also a distant man.
- From 1989 to 1993, Giscard served as a member of the European Parliament. From 1989 to 1991, he was also chairman of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group.
- President Giscard d'Estaing was granted a coat of arms by H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark upon his appointment to the Order of the Elephant. He was also granted a coat of arms by King Carl XVI Gustaf (Photo), for his induction as a Knight of the Seraphim.
- He was a Knight of Malta.
- In 2003 he received the Charlemagne Award of the German city of Aachen.
- At age 94 years and 304 days, Giscard was the longest-lived French President in history.
- On 21 January 2017, with a lifespan of 33,226 days, he surpassed Emile Loubet (1838-1929) in terms of longevity, and became the oldest former president in French history.
- Giscard's private life was the source of many rumors at both national and international level. His family did not live in the presidential Élysée Palace, and The Independent reported on his affairs with women. In 1974, Le Monde reported that he used to leave a sealed letter stating his whereabouts in case of emergency.
- Uncle of artist Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, who was formerly married to Timothy Hutton.
- As a former President of France, Giscard d'Estaing was a member of the Constitutional Council. He also served as President of the Regional Council of Auvergne from 1986 to 2004.
- He won the presidential election of 1974 with 50.8% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party.
- Wrote his second romantic novel, published on 1 October 2009 in France, entitled The Princess and The President. It tells the story of a French head of state having a romantic liaison with a character called Patricia, Princess of Cardiff. This fuelled rumors that the piece of fiction was based on a real-life liaison between Giscard and Princess Diana. He later stressed that the story was entirely made up and no such affair had happened.
- Ùternal grandson of senator Jacques Bardoux and great-grandson of minister Agénor Bardoux.
- He lost the presidential election of 1981 with 48.2% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party.
- French Minister of Economy and Finance (18 January 1962 to 8 January 1966 and 20 June 1969 to 27 May 1974).
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